From the Bird

A violent noise burrowed into Cha Xiaodao’s ears, he rubbed his face impatiently, jumped off the net rope bed, and opened the hatch: "Then the surname Cai is endless? He called people to cry again, Tell the brethren to carve a wooden sign and hang it up with the eight-armed Nezha Cai Mingfu written on it. Let's cry for his dead ghost father! Who won't cry?"

Tianbosi’s business is handed down from generation to generation. Cai Qian’s father, Cai Mingfu, was also a great maritime owl in his early years. He had been helping the Portuguese in smuggling business. He was half bandit and half businessman. There was a nickname called "Eight Arms Nezha". Later, he disappeared. It is said that he died under the guns of the Japanese shogunate army. What is more, it is said that Cai took his father to seize power, and rumors are flying everywhere.

Li Cha has been in Nanyang for so long, so naturally people have heard about the old news of Cai's.

The reason why Cha Xiaodao made such a big fire was because last night there were many Cai family servants on the boat upstairs who burned paper money for Tianbaozi to cry for funerals. The sound of young boys and girls crying and sobbing passed through the sea water to the Red Flag Gang's boat, making him sleepless all night. good.

Cai Qian turned his head with a smile but a smile: "Brother Cha, came to ridicule me early in the morning? Many of my people are from the Dan family fishermen. They have always admired the Red Flag Tianbao leader. They spontaneously pay homage to them. I don’t even know it. Kindly help you pay the head fee."

"Headcount?"

Zha Xiaodao rubbed his hair and followed his gaze. There were about fifty or sixty strange men with hats standing on the bank. There are some spices, fruit wine and other local products on the feet, which should be gifts.

Xue Ba threw a citrus up and down, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth. Several red flag sailors behind him were standing or leaning on the deck, with a lazy appearance, with a faint sense of confrontation.

What's interesting is that on the boat on the side, several servants of the surname Yan were also chatting and laughing. Everywhere in the boat, they seemed to share the same hatred with the red flag.

Cai Qian was negotiating with the other party. Standing with him, there was another person, an old man with a blue turban and a copper-nickel pipe attached to his waist. His clothes were not bad from those strangers, and he should be a leader.

When the old man saw the Zha Xiaodao, he stretched out his left and right hands to align his thumbs straight, with his index finger bent, and the other three fingers stretched straight out, with the fingertips sticking up to his chest, doing the courtesy of a member of the Red Flag Gang, the so-called "three and a half incense."

"An Qinghe Peeling Bell, I have seen Chief Cha. I used to be a helmsman under Chief Qian Tuo. I have a affair with Hongqi. I wonder if Chief Qian is here this time?"

Cha Xiaodao's expression slowed down, and he returned the courtesy in the same way. There is no doubt about the old man's statement. In the past every disaster year, many fishermen along the coast of Guangdong and Fujian came to the red flag with a stick of bamboo wormwood. If they didn’t want to leave, or were disabled and unable to go to sea, most of them could receive a settlement fee. , And Lantau Island were completely cut off, and some people simply became the eyes and ears of the Red Flag pirates among the people. It is not uncommon to know the secret signal of the Red Flag Gang.

"According to the orders of the great leader and Tianbao leader, Chief Qian is already the leader of the first banner. I was ordered to be stationed in Macau. I am afraid I will not see him this time. What did you just say about the headcount?"

Peeling Bell’s face was a bit embarrassed, but he hesitated and said, “This is the rule of Borneo. It has been there since the end of the Ming Dynasty. For the sake of unity and survival of the Chinese on the island, we are united in Anqing, together with Jiutouhong and Lao Ping. A total of 16 companies have set head fees. Anyone who comes to Borneo to discuss life must choose a company to sign a contract and pay the head fee regardless of the source. Rice, at most twenty-two yuan, eight hu rice, the company will give him a contract and livelihood, and troubles, the company will give him a lot of money. If there is no money, there is work to do, but it will be deducted from the contract. "

Xue Ba couldn't hold back, and asked: "I don't know which contract was signed by the treasure ship king Lin Ajin, and which company paid his Lin's more than 10,000 erlang head fees?"

Peeling Zhong clasped his fists, but he was awe-inspiring: "Lin Ajin has three mines on the island, a shipyard, and he is also the master of Yang Shouchang, our young director of Anqing He, and the name of the treasure ship king is also one of the sixteen companies. Of course, there is no need to pay the head fee. The directors of the sixteen companies have discussed that the brothers of Hongqi are anti-Qing righteous men, and Tianbosi has also had a relationship with us for many years, so the head fee of the two companies can be half... "

Cai Qian's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, he turned the ring, Lin Ajin's appearance flashed in his heart, he saw Cha Xiaodao staring straight at him, deliberately acting generously: "Brother Zhong, The brethren of Hongqi only fought fiercely with the government a few months ago, and I must not have enough money now, and I am willing to pay the head fee at the same time."

Cai Qian emphasized the tone of the two words together.

"..."

Cha Xiaodao's eyes rolled, he hehe smiled and said, "Boss Cai is polite, my Red Flag Gang hasn't fallen for this purpose, Xue Ba, ask someone to send the money up."

Xue Ba dumbly responded and greeted more than ten sailors. Not long after, five large boxes of gold and silver treasures were carried onto the deck, with more yellow and white less, and some emerald pearls embellished. Most of them are gold coins of various Western styles, almost overflowing, and the light is dazzling.

This is part of the goods on the ship of Zheng Xiu Shenlou. Zheng Xiu asked him to take it with him when he sent the investigation knife to Borneo. In addition to making friends with the forces in Borneo, he also wanted to imitate the old people of Guangdong and Fujian in the Song and Ming dynasties, from Borneo. The natives bought some industrial land.

When Cai Qian saw that Cha Xiaodao really paid, his pupils couldn't help but shrink. I couldn't figure out the plan to check the knife. He just wanted to make peace with the red flag. First, work together and take root in Borneo. It is best to check the knife and pretend to be a white face. He pretends to be a red face to persuade peace. He sings and makes a peace. It is good that these Chinese companies who don't know good or bad know that Hongqi and Tianbosi are not the piglets who let them knead and squeeze.

Can check the knife what does this mean?

Just when he was worried that the Hongqi gang was an idiot with muscles in his head, Cha Xiaodao thought of something, and suddenly asked Cai Qian: "I don't know how many people in Boss Cai want to go to the island, and which company they want to join. "

Cai Qian became angry at first, and then his eyes lit up. He suppressed the smile in his heart and followed the meaning of Cha Xiaodao's words: "This first batch, about 1,000 people, all together, it should be more than 20,000. As for which company to join, I never thought about it. My SkyBoston and Hongqi brothers came to Borneo together. With such a big fate, it's better to invest in a company together."

"I have this intention. Speaking of fate, since Mr. Zhong from An Qinghe has also played with our Red Flag, this is also a great fate. I think our two families will take refuge in your Anqing He!"

Peeling Clock's face changed.

Cha Xiaodao pinched his finger, and pretended to count: "Now we only have more than 400 people on the red flag ship, but the great leader will arrive in two days, enough..." He was heartbroken, thinking that he was not afraid to scare you: "There are four. Ten thousand people!"

Cha Xiaodao pointed to the skinning bell: "Red flag is 40,000 yuan, and Tianbosi is 20,000 yuan. From now on, I will stir a spoon to eat with the brothers in An Qinghe. These five boxes of treasure are our head expenses."

As he said, he bared his teeth and said in a harsh tone: "Brother Zhong, please hand it over to Director Yang Xiao of An Qinghe."